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JAMES JOSEPH JENKS JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 7, 1947 – August 31, 1968
Service recordJames Joseph Jenks JR, of North Quincy, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 14
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1947
- Home of record
- North Quincy, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 14
- MORRIS GORDON DUNNCorporal · August 31, 1968
- RONALD CLYDE HIGHPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- RAYMOND KERMIT HONAKER JRSpecialist Four · August 31, 1968
- JULIAN STANLEY KEE JRSpecialist Four · August 31, 1968
From North Quincy
- GEORGE FRANCIS FELL JRSpecialist Four · May 23, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.